Disobedience (1981) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1981 · 98 mins · Italian

Directed by

Aldo Lado

Starring

Jacques Perrin, Marc Porel, Mario Adorf, Stefania Sandrelli, Karl Zinny, Teresa Ann Savoy

At fourteen, Luca Manzi lives in the Fascist‑ruled Republic of Salò in northern Italy. He joins the partisan resistance, but when the war ends he finds the promised changes absent, leaving him despondent and willing to give up his life. Edith rescues him, offering a troubled intimacy that pulls him back from death. The film adapts Alberto Moravia’s novel.